Two RBHS seniors named 2022 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

Lexington, SC 09/24/2021 - The National Merit Scholarship Program named two Lexington County School District One students as semifinalists, keeping them in the running for significant scholarship awards. Semifinalists represent the top 1% of high school seniors across the United States.

Semifinalists from Lexington District One include Emilie He and Arnold Jiang, both seniors at River Bluff High School.

To become a semifinalist, students must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT® or ACT® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

In February, around 90% of the 16,000 nationwide semifinalists will attain finalist standing, with half of those eventually winning a National Merit Scholarship.

Scholarships include National Merit Scholarships worth $2,500 each, college-sponsored Merit Scholarships that provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study, and about 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships.